The Second Blessing in Symbol

From Henry Clay Morrison's preface:
The author of this book, although a young man, wields one of the most familiar and welcome pens to our Methodism, hence needs no introduction.

The types and symbols of the Old Testament evidently contain as deep a spiritual meaning as the parables of the New Testament, and the whole combine in the revelation of the great doctrines of Christianity. The perfect harmony existing between these two books unites them into one Book. The great doctrine of the Book, the doctrine toward which all other doctrines lead, and in which they all center, is the doctrine of holiness. That God wills, provides for, and demands our entire sanctification from all sin, no candid Bible reader will deny. Methodism teaches in her standards of doctrine that entire sanctification is wrought in the believer's heart subsequent to justification; her founders preached, and her charter members professed, sanctification as a second work of grace. Those who will take the pains to seek will find it so recorded in the sermons, songs, and history of the early Methodists.

Our author undertakes to show in this book that this doctrine, the second work of grace, is taught in the types and symbols of the Bible.

Our prayer is that those who read this book may have the faith that will make them able "to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us."

The Table of Contents are as follows:
Chapter 1: A FEW OPENING WORDS
Chapter 2: THE SECOND BLESSING
Chapter 3: SYMBOLISM
Chapter 4: THE MANNA THE TWO ANIMALS THE TWO BIRDS THE LEVITES AND PRIESTS
Chapter 5: THE TWO WASHINGS OF THE LEPER THE TWO WASHINGS OF THE LEPROUS GARMENT THE TWO ANOINTINGS OF THE LEPER
Chapter 6: THE TWO ROOMS
Chapter 7: THE SECOND APPROACH OF THE HIGH PRIEST TO THE TABERNACLE OR TEMPLE
Chapter 8: THE TWO CROSSINGS
Chapter 9: THE LOVE SLAVE; OR, THE TWO KINDS OF SERVICE
Chapter 10: THE HOLY OIL
Chapter 11: THE TWO WAYS
Chapter 12: THE TWO COVENANTS
Chapter 13: ABRAHAM'S ALTAR
Chapter 14: THE EIGHT OFFERINGS
Chapter 15: DAVID AND THE ARK
Chapter 16: THE TWO CLEANSINGS OF THE TEMPLE
Chapter 17: THE TWO RESTS
Chapter 18: THE TWO FLUIDS
Chapter 19: THE TREASURE AND THE PEARL
Chapter 20: LAZARUS DEAD ALIVE FREE
Chapter 21: THE BREASTPLATE AND HELMET
Chapter 22: THE TWO TABLES
Chapter 23: WALKING ON THE WAVES
Chapter 24: MARTHA AND MARY
Chapter 25: THE TWO BAPTISMS
Chapter 26: THE TWO TOUCHES
Chapter 27: CISTERNS AND FOUNTAINS
Chapter 28: SERVANTS AND FRIENDS
Chapter 29: THE TWO COMPANIES IN HEAVEN

About the author:

Beverly Francis Carradine (April 4, 1848 April 22, 1931) was an American Methodist minister, and a leading evangelist for the holiness movement. He was a productive author, writing primarily on the subject of sanctification.

He served in the Confederate Cavalry during the American Civil War, and later in his lafe studied pharmacy and also worked in a store as a clerk and bookkeeper.

Unlike many ministers, Carradine was not converted to Christianity until the age of 26. He was licensed to preach only three months later, and continued in the service of God for the remainder of his life.

He was a prolific author, and wrote more than two dozen books. Throughout his life, he was influential in the holiness movement, and continues to be a blessing generations later.

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